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Gherardo Cibo
1512-1600
View of a Fortified Headland
ca. 1570
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, opaque watercolor, and black chalk, on blue paper.
7 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (197 x 285 mm; maximum dimensions)
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1962.13
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Anonymous, Italo-Flemish School, ca. 1570.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso, at lower edge, in graphite, "D25831" (Colnaghi stock number).
Provenance:
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 April 1960, no. 3; Mrs. L. Frolich, London; P. & D. Colnaghi and Co., London.
Associated names:
Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, Flemish School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Frolich, C. Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography:
Colnaghi 1962, no. 6; Bolten 1969, no. 110; Review of Acquisitions 1969, 170.
A review of acquisitions, 1949-1968 / Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : The Library, 1969, p. 170.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Thirteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1963 & 1964. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1964, p. 95.
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